Hamilton Accies skipper Brian Easton insists the membership have loads of positives to take into their league marketing campaign after narrowly lacking out on the final 16 of the Premier Sports activities Cup.
The New Douglas Park aspect have been held to a 1-1 draw by Queen's Park on Saturday and though they earned a bonus level with a 5-3 penalty shootout win, their second place end with eight factors in Group H wasn't sufficient to say one of many three greatest runners-up spots.
After opening their marketing campaign with a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Dundee, Accies recorded wins over Stranraer and Forfar earlier than the stalemate with the Spiders and Easton reckons their response to that first match offers him motive for optimism forward of Saturday's Championship opener at house to Morton.
He stated: "Clearly our goal was 9 factors after that first sport with Dundee and we've not fairly made it.
"Probably the most disappointing factor is after the best way we performed within the first half - the place I believed we have been glorious - we let it drop within the second half and that is what has value us the sport.
"We began so nicely. Proper from the kick-off we have been filled with power and urgent them with depth. We performed some good things, created probabilities, however it's irritating we did not get that going within the second half.
"We discovered ourselves dropping deeper and we did not maintain the ball nicely.
"It is a aim from a set play that we have misplaced and that is actually disappointing as nicely.
"However there's a great deal of positives to take from this cup marketing campaign.
"I believe after the Dundee sport we have kicked on. There's been a variety of good indicators within the final three video games, there's been a few younger boys getting their debuts as nicely and that is what this membership is all about.
"It is superb to see, particularly being concerned with the children at under-18 degree myself.
"Nevertheless it's accomplished now and the league begins on Saturday so we shall be raring to go from that."
At 34-years-old, Easton is comfortably the eldest member of the squad however reveals no indicators of letting up and is set to play as massive a job as attainable as he juggles a training function aiding boss John Rankin.
He added: "I really feel nice. It has been a very good pre-season.
"The final couple of years I've stayed away from accidents and I really feel match.
"I am nonetheless actually having fun with my soccer and I am hoping to play as many video games as I can and play a giant half this season.
"Nevertheless it's all concerning the staff and I will be able to contribute when wanted.
"There's positively a very good really feel concerning the place and we like the best way issues are going.
"There's been constructive indicators for us in pre-season and we hope to make a very good begin within the league.
"There's so much to sit up for however we're below no illusions how tough a league it's.
"We all the time set our expectations excessive and need to actually push ourselves."
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